Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Canada.
J Anxiety Disord. 2020 Oct;75:102281. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102281. Epub 2020 Aug 6.
Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) demonstrate impaired functioning in intimate relationships, yet little is known about how socially anxious individuals respond to perceived intimate partner rejection. In the present study, individuals with SAD (n = 30) and healthy controls (HCs; n = 33) who were involved in current intimate relationships completed daily diaries each evening for 14 days. Daily diaries assessed the extent to which participants experienced feelings of rejection in their intimate relationships, as well as the extent to which they responded to feelings of rejection by using behaviors characterized by withdrawal ("withdrawal" processes) versus efforts to reaffiliate with their partners ("approach" processes). Results revealed that overall, individuals with SAD exhibited greater use of withdrawal-focused processes, whereas HC participants exhibited greater use of approach-focused processes. However, on days following intimate partner rejection, only individuals with SAD restricted their use of withdrawal-focused processes. These findings provide insight into the nature of rejection concerns and responses to rejection among individuals with SAD as compared with HC participants.
社交焦虑障碍（SAD）患者在亲密关系中表现出功能受损，但人们对社交焦虑个体如何应对感知到的亲密伴侣拒绝知之甚少。在本研究中，30 名 SAD 患者（SAD 组）和 33 名健康对照者（HC 组）参与了当前的亲密关系，他们在 14 天内每天晚上完成日记。每日日记评估参与者在亲密关系中经历拒绝感的程度，以及他们通过使用以撤回为特征的行为（“撤回”过程）还是努力与伴侣重新联系（“接近”过程）来应对拒绝感的程度。结果表明，总体而言，SAD 患者表现出更多的撤回焦点过程的使用，而 HC 参与者则表现出更多的接近焦点过程的使用。然而，在亲密伴侣拒绝后的几天里，只有 SAD 患者限制了他们撤回焦点过程的使用。这些发现深入了解了 SAD 患者与 HC 参与者相比，他们对拒绝的关注和反应的性质。
